Penelope’s POV
Vanessa's words remind me of the first time I went into Charles's bedroom.
It was two years ago. Charles was twenty-four and I was twenty-two.
That year, he had been working as the Black Valley Pack's alpha for four years. He was young and ambitious, and the first thing he did when he took over from his father was to reform the pack with an iron fist.
My father abdicated as pack elder because of his reforms.
I remember my father telling me that this was the first time he had given in to a young man. He looked into the distance and sighed about Charles's abilities and vision. He believes Charles will be an alpha like no other, taking the Black Valley pack to unprecedented heights. He resigned from our pack not only because he was the target of Charles's reforms, but beca
